Dierks Bentley makes his 10th trip to the top of the charts

Dierks Bentley landed his 10th No. 1 song as an artist and songwriter on Monday when his uptempo, fun-loving “5-1-5-0” topped both the Billboard and Mediabase country airplay charts.

The singer remembers writing “5-1-5-0” with brothers Brett and Jim Beavers, but says he wasn’t immediately convinced it would be a summertime chart topper.

“I had written a song on my own and there was a line in there that said, ‘Let’s get 51-50,’ ” Bentley says, recalling the songwriting session. “(One of them said), ‘What does that mean?’ I was like, ‘Come on dude, Van Halen?’ At least in California, it’s the code the police use for an insane person. The next (thing you know), he’s singing ‘5-1-5-0 somebody call the po-po.’ I was like, ‘That’s the stupidest thing I’ve ever heard.’ ”

But that doesn’t mean Bentley doesn’t believe in his hit.

“I really think it’s a fun song,” he says. “Part of my brand is that I always have fun songs that you don’t have to think too much about.”

“5-1-5-0” is Bentley’s third consecutive hit off his current album, “Home,” which was released earlier this year.